My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
Pretty My new cousin Denise, and the cake Liz from church made them.Mom and Aunt Jody organized a big picnic so the folks (like us) who didn’t make it to the wedding in Brazil could celebrate Ben and Denise. What Continue reading {p,f,h,r} Visiting Relatives
Cristina at Home spun Juggling has the Carnival of Homeschooling Up today, with lots of links to homeschool blogs. Including this one.
M loves domino chains,my Mom bought him some blocks with special pieces just for that, this week he got more ambitious. To send a domino chain up a Keva block tower that would then knock over the tower. It happened Continue reading Successful Destruction
Dan took off from work this Monday to see to car chores. Our mechanic suggested driving with a catalytic converter solution to see if the check engine light would go off, we needed to drive 50 miles. So Dan decided Continue reading As long as we needed to drive 50 miles
I’m not fond of drill, but I”m glad we’ve been working on connecting numerals to their value, because suddenly K gets them, and place value. We were playing with Cuisanaire Rods, and I remarked that I’d made a square that Continue reading An Arithmetic Breakthrough
I wanted a sturdy base, so I downloaded a Cook’s Illustrated pineapple upsidedown recipe (I skipped the fruit though) which was supposed to be for a 9 inch round. Ah, a chance to show Matt the formula for the area Continue reading Why yes, we do always get the urge to bake once it gets to be 80 degrees outside.
I re-wrote my massive annual paperwork list in different colors with action statements beginning with verbs instead of the interlocking issues I was afraid I’d forget. Teasing out the interlocking-ness took some time, and there are now crossed off lines Continue reading They also serve who only fill out papers
My Mom is a “let’s do something this Sunday Afternoon” sort of lady. The rest of us (except K!) are more, “let’s take a nap this Sunday Afternoon” sorts of people. On Mother’s Day I catastrophically needed a nap because Continue reading Phew, we got through most of May
Ben is reading the last 80 pages of Dracula right now, instead of doing his schoolwork, because, what is the point of homeschooling if you can’t finish a plot driven book before doing your trig once in a while? Who Continue reading Catch up on April Staycation photos and general status
Sometimes I get ‘company’ (and how to tips) from homeschoolers in books. Like the plucky governess in the Incorrigible children of Ashton Place books; or Galen’s father in Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (not that I condone owning a Continue reading Fellow Homeschoolers I’ve never met – real, imaginary or dead.
Sometimes you have to step up. In movies it involves courage, risk and trumpets, occasionally a string section. In my case, it involves details and learning google docs. The long time coordinator of the local testing coop’s youngest child was Continue reading Mutual Aid Standardized Testing Coop
Somehow, being the tutor is fine, being the coach is fine, being the older Christian mentor is fine, but being the guidance councillor is scary. There is money, decision making (Ben always says a bit of both when there are Continue reading College Application process…oh no, already